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pulled glove box on 85 brat to replace speaker. discovered 1" X 1" box with severed white wire located underneath dash (next to glove box door latch) what is this and do i need to re-connect? thanks

Scott-i want to thank you in this very public way for your help this afternoon. i was in a tough spot with a sooby down, daughter in school and both a long way from home. your help got her back on the road and was a tremendous relief to me that someone knowledgeable was involved. thank you scott for helping a sooby, my daughter and my family. :clap:

scott-many thanks for your kind offer, have just sent you pm as requested.

need to find knowledgeable sooby mechanic in bellingham,wa. asap. sent daughter to summer school at WWU in our creme puff 87 gl-10 turbo. car has 92K and was in perfect running order when it left home. this afternoon it developed overheating problem. water was low which means some kind of slow leak however there could be other problems. i am a long ways from bellingham and need the name of someone we can take it to and get the right fix. any help greatly appreciated, thanks all!

mounted push bar this morn on my 85 brat. suggest you: 1. jack up rig and place stands; 2. jack up and support motor cross member; 3. release cross member bolts; 4. bolt up rear most slot on either side (do not tighten) 5. use second jack to raise front portion of bar (i had to trim bumperettes and really push to get past bumper); 6. bolt up foward slots on either side (do not tighten) 7. bots up foward attachment bars ( it should now be obvious where they fit) (do not tighten) 8. now tighten slot bolts 9. now tighten forward attachment bars hope this helps ps. on a later madel brat i also had to remove lower chrome bar which connects the two bumperettes.

gentelmen-thanks so much for responses, all are helpful and this gives me the confidence to proceed with the swap. ps. my brat instrument cluster is cracked, faded and i have confirmed the speedo does not work. the hatchback cluster i am using comes from a carbed, 4-speed rig like mine. again the only appearence difference was different guage needles. pss. this club and message board is great and makes it possible for newbies like me to come and play those raindeer games.

come on folks, i did the search and now i need some help.

speedo out in 85 brat. local shop wants $180 to pull dash and fix speedo. found 86 hatchback and pulled entire instrument cluster ($13 at u pull it)since it looks identical to brat. While the guage needles are slightly different can i simply swap in the newer hatchback cluster and "plug and play" as they say? any help appreciated.

got it, done and thanks ps. 198K, have only owned it for a couple of weeks and it has been on all that time. with the help of crawlerdan have been able to make a whole lot of fixes and i am very much up and running. will replace thermostat this week to see it that solves running to cool problem. thanks again for your help.

thx for response. perhaps you could suggest a way how i might locate the plugs and could you be a bit more specific on switching the plugs? suggestion on cleaning egr helpful thanks.

am working with 85 brat and very new to soobies. EGR light always on. electrical generally seems ok and rig runs well, except that temp does not seem to get to normal range unless in town on a warm day. am now blocking part of rad. to get a little warmer, is this normal? is one related to the other. any help appreciated, many thanks.

am very new to sooby's but certainly not to msd which i have used on several rigs to significant advantage. have not seen or read much that declares the exception benefits that were gained using msd. at the end of the day, are we areally talking about a marginal performance gain and not something that in and of itself is significant, espeically on a non-points car.

dan-thanks so much for your help. the adj. struts/springs work great and i did not realize how bad the ride had gotten. appreciate it very much.

gentelmen-thanks so much for your advice and help. all is appreciated. ps. i belong to many car clubs and participate in several forums. this is my first venture here and it has been a very nice experience, thank you.

recent purchase with 92K mi., excellent shape... almost. air suspension leaks which after searching forum is not uncommon. want to convert and again used serach, to find fit for my application but no luck. questions: 1. what years will work to make swap out 2. exactly what parts do i need to make switch ps. in the end is it cost effective to just buy conversion kit. help very much appreciated, thank you.